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Nobel Prize Winner Mo Yan’s Works On Exhibit
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — On October 11, 2012, Chinese Author Mo Yan was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. In celebration of Mo Yan’s award, Brown University Library’s East Asian Curator, Li Wang, selected a number of Mo Yan’s works in Chinese and English translation for display in the Gardner Room (room 311) on the third floor of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library.
Born in 1955 in a farmer’s family in Shandong province, Mo Yan (pseudonym of Guan Moye) wrote more than 30 novels and other books. One of his best known novels, “Red Sorghum” (VHS copy available in the Library) was revised as a reward-winning movie in 1987, directed by Zhang Yimou. A number of Mo Yan’s books have been translated into English, French, Spanish, German, and Swedish.
The Brown University Library’s English titles include Red Sorghum: A Novel of China (1993), The Garlic Ballads (1995), The Republic of Wine: A Novel (2000), Do Anything for A Laugh (2001), Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out: A Novel (2008). The exhibit also features the Chinese works: Shifu, You’ll Shisan bu (十三步) (“Thirteen Steps”, 1989), Fengru feitun (丰乳肥臀) (“Big Breasts and Wide Hips”, 1996), Tanxiang xing (檀香刑) (“Sandalwood Death”, 2001), Muzhi kao (拇指铐) (“Thumb-cuffs”, 2008), and Wa (蛙) (“Frog”, 2009). Several English books that contain selected works by Mo Yan, and posters from the movie “Red Sorghum” in the magazine “Popular Cinema,” are also on display.
More works by Mo Yan will be added. The display is on view through October 19, between 9am and 5pm.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world. http://library.brown.edu/
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913
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A Women’s Studies Pioneer – Elaine Ryan Hedges
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Elaine Hedges
The Elaine Hedges papers (Ms.2011.007) are now available for research
Elaine Hedges is best known for her ground-breaking scholarship on the significance of American women and sewing — particularly in reference to their quiltmaking in the nineteenth century. Her detailed and innovative study of quilts as encoded texts brought to the fore important historical information about women and their social, political and artistic endeavors that had previously been overlooked by mainstream scholars. Hedges was also a leader in the area of Women’s Studies through the foundation of the Women’s Studies program at Towson State University in Maryland in 1972. Throughout her career, she was a fierce advocate for curriculum reform and of a more inclusive canon of American literature so as to incorporate works by women, ethnic minorities, and the gay and lesbian community.
The collection thoroughly documents all aspects of Hedges long and productive career as one of the most influential feminist scholars of the 20th century. Her scholarship and teaching were wide-ranging and reflect the history of the women’s movement and the creation of women’s studies programs.
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Brown University Library Opens The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab!
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Rendering of New Lab
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — This October, the Brown University Library celebrates the opening of The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Lab is made possible thanks to the generosity of Mr. Patrick Ma, P’14, who is based in Hong Kong, China, Brown Trustee Cathy Halstead, and an anonymous donor.
Installing a panel of the video wall
The Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab features a large scale visualization video wall comprised of twelve 55 inch high resolution LED screens, creating a 7 x 16 foot display with a combined resolution of over 24 megapixels, offering high quality viewing and analytical space not publicly available elsewhere on campus. The Lab is also outfitted with a wide range of software for scholars across the disciplines, a surround sound audio system, video-conferencing capabilities, specialized lighting, and several individual touch screen monitors that can be used independently or linked to the video wall for collaborative display and interaction.
Finishing touches to video wall
Patrick Rashleigh, the Library’s newly appointed Data Visualization Coordinator, will oversee the operation of the Lab, provide instruction and outreach to faculty, students, and interdisciplinary campus groups and support individual and course-based visualization projects. Rashleigh previously served as the Faculty Technology Liaison for the Humanities in the Research and Instruction group at Wheaton College; and Senior New Media Coordinator for the Attorney General of Ontario.
View of Digital Scholarship Lab under construction
As Joukowsky Family University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi explained, “The Brown University Library is a physical and virtual space for experimentation, production, and processing of new knowledge. The new Lab will provide necessary tools for faculty and staff to explore and define scholarly forms beyond their current capabilities.”
More information about the Lab’s opening and programming will be available later this month.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world. http://library.brown.edu/
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913